The Inseparable Love of God (1) [ Romans 8:38-39 ] Why can nothing separate us from the love of God? 1. Because God’s love is eternal. Romans 8:29a says: “For those whom He foreknew…” The word “foreknew” refers to before eternity began —before the creation of heaven and earth . The phrase “those whom He foreknew” does not simply mean knowing about someone intellectually, but rather loving them. In other words, it refers to “those whom God loved from eternity past.” Amos 3:2a says: “You only have I known of all the families of the earth.” If “known” merely meant intellectual knowledge, that would imply that God only knew Israel and did not know the other nations—which cannot be true, because the all-knowing God lacks knowledge of nothing. Therefore, “I have known you only” means “I have loved you only.” God loved Israel among all the nations of the earth. Hosea 13:5 says: “I knew you in the wilderness , in the land of great drought.” The “wilderness” was where the Israelite...
우리가 만일 죄가 없다고 해도 ... 우리가 만일 죄가 없다고 해도 우리는 심판하실 하나님에게 아무 할 말이 없고 다만 자비를 구할 수밖에 없습니다 . 우리가 의롭다고 해도 우리의 입이 우리 자신을 죄 있는 자로 단정할 것이며 우리가 흠 없이 온전하다고 해도 하나님이 우리의 약함을 입증하실 것입니다 ( 참고 : 욥기 9:15, 20, 현대인의 성경 ).